In 1994, I graduated from St.Lawrence College with Distinction as a Registered Nurse. Over the years, I have worked locally & in the USA specializing in four areas; Critical Care, Operating Room, Post Anesthetic Care Room & Hemo-Dialysis units.
Recently, I resigned from the Cornwall Community Hospital due to the inability to obtain full-time employment or advancement in my career. My obstacle being that I am English only and not bilingual (English and French). There is a systemic problem with unfair language requirements in healthcare in my hometown of Cornwall, ON. This is worrisome to me on several levels. Are the most qualified healthcare professionals being hired? Are people in our community getting the highest quality healthcare they deserve? And finally, what is our government doing to protect the rights of English speakers?
My children are enrolled in French Immersion; but at the end of the day will they be deemed “French” enough to garner a good job? Will they benefit from this social engineering? An RN must speak A- French to work at Cornwall Community Hospital. An RN must be bilingual to work at Community Care Access Centre. When an RN must be bilingual to administer a Flu shot, and yet, at the same time, life-saving CPR training is only considered an asset for employment at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit; I ask, where do we draw the line?
I am thankful to have my New York State Nursing licence. I am currently employed at a hospital in New York State as a Full-time Nursing Supervisor. However, many professionals in our community are not so fortunate and are forced to either relocate or give up their careers, entirely. Sadly, highly educated nursing graduates from St.Lawrence College will never have the opportunity to work in their own community, due to this unfair language legislation.
Recently, a group of concerned citizens formed a non-profit organization; Language Fairness for ALL. Our goal is to promote fair hiring practices. If you are concerned about your future, your childrens’ futures or your grandchildrens’ futures, I urge you to support LFA. Together we can make a difference!
Debbie Cameron RN
Long Sault,ON
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ON October 18, 2013 at 12:10 pm stellabystarlight wrote,
“Quebec is one of the provinces in this great country”
YOU FINALLY GOT IT STELLA. Yes, Quebec is — ONE (and only ONE) — of the “provinces” in this great country.” And, as — “one of the provinces in this great country” — there is a duty to ascribe to that other concept you are always spewing about which is, “this country has two official languages.”
So Stella, tell us all… What happened to ENGLISH language in the “province of Quebec?
A “province” which, you just told us all, “IS ONE OF THE PROVINCES in this great country?” How is it that one of the two official languages of this “country” is treated like dirt inside that “province” which is part of the country that has “two official languages?”
And on that note, i would like to wish you a “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander” type of day eh 🙂
ANOTHER EXCELLENT POST Eric…
@Eric RE POST on October 18, 2013 at 6:50 am
Eric wrote, “It is interesting to go through the list of they say 222 designated agencies, but the number is 211. Some of the local sites even list designated positions.
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_930398_e.htm
This all fly’s under the radar and is incremental, kind of like taking a bite out of chocolate bar every day. Within a short while you are left with the wrapper.”
And yes, like a cancer that begins as a small tumor, this whole Frenchification movement — if left unchallenged and unchecked — will consume ALL OF CANADA eventually.
I have to admit, i have never witnessed a people take advantage of the willingness and kindness of another people to be kind and accommodating to this total and disgraceful degree in my entire life.
stellabystarlight, sure Quebec is in Canada, but should there not be one set of rules for everyone that are followed? Look at the problems with a spoiled child in any family as a comparison, this is not all about respect or fairness is it?
Love the rinky dink language, reminds me of Sharon, Lois & Bram’s skinnamarink theme…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiw1-NSzQSo
So Kilroy, you claim that there is a huge quivering mass of Angryphone Canadians that is about to explode into an all-out revolution that will tear our country apart? If so, these millions of radical revolutionaries must be well disciplined because they sure are keeping a low profile. Who is financing, training and arming these millions of invisible freedom-fighters? If I was directing such a large-scale revolution, I’d be inclined to trigger it soon, because, as we all know, the Second Coming (Rapture) is almost upon us, and once that happens, it’ll be too late.
Fight on!
Careful there furtzie, you’re starting to sound like a certain pastor we all know. lol
Jules are you still out there? Didn’t think my question to you was a tough one. You and Stella both make the statement “it’s that simple”. So again if it’s that simple how do you suppose EVERYONE learn French.
The simple solution the way I see it is to close down the English School Boards, what do you think Jules, should we start with that?
You’re right bella. I’ll try to stifle myself until I regain my sanity. 🙂
Stella wrote:
“again highlander wrote: she doesn’t like other cultures and feels uncomfortable with them andjudging byher comments that would be English people as well. All I can sayto that is LIAR”
Now to think of the many times you have warned the readers that with immigration we all will a minority?
What stella they are not white or French enough for you?
You had the pleasure of being in the most multicultural city in the world New York,New York ,yet you felt uncomfortable being around that diversity …were they not French enough or was the diversity and equality just too much for you to handle?
The good people that have read these comments over the years have know your ETHNOCENTRIC beliefs,and I am sure the relatively New ones will figure you out soon enough.
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@ frutz
Years ago no one thought that the ideas of the FLQ and RIN would eventually catch on in quebec and lead to the PQ emerging as it did.
Please DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE the power of grass roots Canadians. A full 32% of Canadians would vote quebec OUT of Canada if a vote were to be held today.
The net, social media and the like have our world smaller and the laws that are passed and contemplated in quebec by the marois government is known far and wide.
Give the PQ enough rope and it will hang itself, perhaps it is not us that will cause the separation of Canada, but the french themselves. When they do I will be the first to applaud their leaving our country
You say 32% GQO? Where does that number come from? Where are they hiding?
That’s a long way from 50% plus 1.
@ Frutz
Go to:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/quarter-canadians-vote-kick-quebec-confederation-survey-182711116.html
GQO,
Omg that number was from Aug 2012.
I would bet my life that that number has grown for sure .
Bill 14,as well as Quebecs charter of racist values would only certainly increase the numbers.
The conditions are ripe for Separation or Quebec getting the boot out and no longer be Canada’ welfare province.
Interesting survey. It indicate that the majority want to keep Confederation intact.
http://abacusinsider.com/politics-public-affairs/the-view-from-outside-quebec-quebec-and-the-rest-of-canada/
@ frutz
The article said only 52% wanted to keep quebec in Canada, that pretty close to 50% +1
As well this was a poll conducted BEFORE THE ADVENT of bill 14, Pastagate, the turban fiasco and now the charter of values.
What do you the polls would show today frutz, in light of these most events in quebec.?????
We are a hell of a lot more than 14 freedom fighters, frutz, a hell of a lot more.
@ frutz
Despite the fact your thoughts and views mock a very serious issue, that impact seriously millions of English Canadians: there are also millions of English Canadians, that for the very time, have had it up to here with quebec
Go beyond eastern Ontario and listen to Canadians who are indifferent to quebec’s staying in Canada, where as years ago these sentiments were non existent . English Canada is fed up with quebec, the french and bilingualism, no matter how the feds try to sell it. As stated many times before, if bilingualism was an accepted fact by Canadians ,after spending billions and billions on it since 1969, then a hell of a lot more than 16.3% would be bilingual,. And of that percentage, a full 95% of that number comes from quebec.
Canadians are realizing that there is nothing Canadian about quebec, they are a separate nation as we speak , and cling to Canada for economic reasons only. They couldn’t care less about Canada. By they, I mean the 66% of quebeckers that votes for parties that are separatist or that have separatist leanings.
Its only a matter of time. either Canada or the quebecois themselves will eventually have a vote to separate, and I hope it is sooner rater than later.
Dream on GQO. A half-assed internet survey conducted in the boonies of Alberta, BC, and Ontario could “prove” that most Canadians believe that the universe is six thousand years old. Where is the public outcry? Where are the demonstrators? I agree that there are probably more than 14 Angryphones who want to break up Canada. But it’ll take a lot more than a few hundred back-woods nut-bars to pull it off.
@ stella
What do you think of this article stella????
And this is BEFORE THE PROPOSALS OF BILL 14, Before Pata Gate, before the quebec charter of values
We are a lot more than 12 or 14 freedom fighters, read my posts to your ally frutz, and read this link I sent to you
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/quarter-canadians-vote-kick-quebec-confederation-survey-182711116.htmlk
@Highlander
RE: Post on October 19, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Highlander wrote, “GQO,
Omg that number was from Aug 2012.
I would bet my life that that number has grown for sure .
Bill 14,as well as Quebecs charter of racist values would only certainly increase the numbers.
The conditions are ripe for Separation or Quebec getting the boot out and no longer be Canada’ welfare province.”
Yes, Hilander and this speaks to my previous point about why it is that the Anglo groups and such seem to be continually trying to “make nice” and find equal ground and so on.
TO: ALL
What are we doing? Why don’t we put all our eggs in the same basket, gather together on the same page and combine all the groups under one concept?
We are getting FU&^*&%$KED by the French and it’s not like they are hiding anything.
They are blatantly offering up tons of negative attitudes and examples of what — THEY WANT — which is French first, French dominant and ULTIMATELY FRENCH ONLY among their “in your face antics” on practically a daily basis.
Things like removing the Canadian flag, treating the English Canadian citizens in the province of Quebec (through both anti English laws and anti English actions) like second and third class citizens, informing the federal government that their ministers will no longer deal with the federal government in the ENGLISH language. (which just happens TO BE the main common language of the majority of this country — remember Stella two “official languages” )
Heck, just DIRECT A HARD HITTING KNOWLEDGE of how bills, 22, 178 and 101 are impeding the English language in the province of Quebec and making it illegal while they go around demanding French and bilingual everywhere in the ROCanada would be enough (if the media was not so lame and actually reported it LIKE IT IS) to force the Anglo’s in this country TO WAKE UP.
The only “missing” part of the puzzle (if you will) is to use the same methodology the French used when they try to convince the English that an ALL bilingual CANADA is a GOOD thing
We must SHOW THE TRUTH about how they — the French powers that be THEMSELVES — WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH BILINGUALISM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUPk2sijbgs
or the English language or the English culture.
They even believe that the “province” of Quebec is a freakin country and have ZERO respect for how that flies in the face of the FACT THAT CANADIAN tax payers money is sent to that province SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT IS supposed to be — a province…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InMfQuYwZls
We CANNOT keep going around fooling ourselves, while also looking like fools believing that they are looking for the same middle ground that we are… THE ACTUAL FACTS DO NOT bear this out.
HARD BALL..
At this stage of the game, running around trying to find common ground ONLY buys into their goals and timeline.
It’s almost akin to being in a fight where one of the combatants is punching the other while — in between being punched– the other keeps pleading —
Wait let’s talk this over. I am sure we can come to some “equitable” arrangement
— only to be punched in the face yet again and again.
It’s almost insane. Actually, IT IS INSANE. Wouldn’t you agree?
Even many French people (the ones i know) are saying, why don’t the Anglo’s stand up to them and work from that (much more realistic) perspective.
Like the headline reads…
It may be a long hard road but the way things are now is much more of a BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW.
@GQO
RE: POST on October 19, 2013 at 6:52 pm
GQO wrote, “@ frutz
Despite the fact your thoughts and views mock a very serious issue, that impact seriously millions of English Canadians: there are also millions of English Canadians, that for the very time, have had it up to here with quebec”
Well said GQO. Furtz is just the grain of sand in the ointment. He will never acknowledge or attempt to justify what is REALLY going on in this country. He can’t even stand up for the actions of the French powers that be and how they mistreat Canadian citizens in their own country.
You know Furtz like this nice lady.. Tell us all how it is that she deserves this kind of treatment by a “public servant” in CANADA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUkNVjM4Gc
Go ahead Furtzie. I didn’t think so. Nothing of substance. And one more thing Furtzie. GET IT STRAIGHT “WE” ARE NOT the ones “trying to break up Canada.” That’s not how it is AT ALL. We are simply fed up of dealing with a people who are treating that province and this country as if it it is already broken up and getting away with it. In case your too blind or st&^%id to see it, the ENGLISH are on the defensive in all of this while a minority group (of the loosing ilk when it came o the battle for the rights for this country) does not even have the balls to celebrate (or allow others to celebrate) the very battle that took place in order to decide who would be the victors of this country.
@ frutz
That;s what I like about people like you, you think that “denial” is a river in Egypt.
So all who participates in is this type of poll are nut bars. Well coming from you, that is indeed complimentary
The boonies of Alberta, B,C. and Ontario , Oh you mean the places wherer people provide us with things likes oil, timber iron ore and nickel and the like.
You mean honest hard working Canadians that pay the lion’s share of taxes, so an entity like quebec can have $5.00 a day day care. You mean Canadians that that care more about truth, honesty, honor and justice, for all Canadians.
Talk about an insult to all Canadians. You should leave on your honda 50 cc ( or whatever bike you drive) it can’t be a harley, that’s a man”s bike, and go to quebec, and stay there, it is a good place for you, you deserve each other if you find their society so attractive.
When confronted with fact, yo deny, when confronted with truth you deny, when confronted with logic you, well just can’t respond I guess, you just don;t have the equipment to
You mean people
Another “bitter pill top swallow”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsTEm-owg5E&hd=1
Too funny GQO. I’ve ridden and owned all kinds of bikes, big and small, over the last fifty years. Right now I’ve settled on a 500 Ninja that’s a blast to ride and goes like stink. A little wimpy, I know, but proving my masculinity to the world isn’t on my list of things to do. Having fun is.
Now, can you site any more recent, more scientific polls or surveys that back up your BS? If this was such a burning issue with non-Quebecers, surely there would be some, or at least there would be some news coverage.
ON October 20, 2013 at 6:40 am Furtz wrote, “Now, can you site any more recent, more scientific polls or surveys that back up your BS? If this was such a burning issue with non-Quebecers, surely there would be some, or at least there would be some news coverage.”
Hummm me thinks there is something odd here. For someone like Furtz who claims to ONLY be here for entertainment value and rarely has any positive input and cannot bring himself to defend (or even show empathy for hem for that matter) his fellow Anglo Canadians who are OBVIOUSLY being mistreated as second and third class citizens in their own country, he seems to have a rather over inflated burning desire to KNOW where to find people who oppose these French powers that be.
What’s da scoop there Furtzie?
Couldn’t it just be like i pointed out before, a situation similar to a what happened in Libya where by the normal average everyday folks that everyone knows have been on high heat — like a kettle is on the stove — for years now as a result of all the little things the French powers that be have been sticking in our faces and all it will take is for some catalyzing event (like another pastagate type bullsh!t event) which yet again spits in their face in order for them to stand and say,
THAT’S IT. WE HAVE HAD IT. WE HAVE TAKEN ENOUGH of this SHI!T from those freeloading
— we want everything done OUR WAY while we treat the English and the ROCanada like sh!t — bas&%^$%ards?
Why does it have to be these well trained militia groups as you seen to be trying to insist.
Can you not feel the hyper tension in this country? NO? Maybe that’s because you just don’t want to or don’;tlive and work among those that DO FEEL IT or are affected by this cr@p.
C’mon. You must… I feel it. Most folks i know, feel it. Just about every person in Ottawa here who has been turned down for a job recently just because they are unilingual English (you know THE MAJORITY 96% of them) THEY feel it. YUP, it’s as thick as anything and just waiting for the next load of cr@p in your face BS to push them right over that ledge. Maybe all those, “no one is forcing you to learn French” BS comments by Stella would do it. Hummm…
Yup, it’s growing Furtzie. The anger and resentment over this one sided “do it our way while we stick it right up your &^&^” is going to boil over.
Quebec and the French powers that be CANNOT continue to be AS ARROGANT as THEY ARE without raising the ire of the Canadian majority. It’s just A GIVEN.
and on that note i wish you a “that time will come and is coming” type of day eh 🙂
@ edudyorlik
Very well said. to speak directly to a person of frutz,s ilk lowering myself down to the bowels of ignorance, racism and mired in an dysfunctional personality that aspires to mock, ridicule and make light, of honest tax paying people, who have had their rights raped from them by the federal government .
There is no point is trying to have a civil discussion with such a person, who writes here to HAVE FUN and MOCK people.
I suppose he laughs at people who are in wheel chairs as well, because based on what he has written here that would not be a far stretch for someone who comes across like he does.
You hit the nail on head edudyorlik, and no matter what poll, what proof or any other primary and secondary sources that we provide, he will deny., question and refute.
I hope the world is reading and watching the stellas, frutz’s tremblys and hfft’s , they collectively make our case for us.
@ GQO and Kilroy. You forgot to mention that I bite the heads off kittens and puppy dogs. Yummy!
Fight on!
GQO @ stella
What do you think of this article stella????
To be honest with you, I don’t look at you tubes videos that the freedom fighters post nor am I interested in their surveys or stats. All their info comes from anti French sites that have no credibility.
@ stella,
None are so BLIND AS THOSE THAT FAIL TO SEE
Yep GQO the world is watching and shaking their heads in disbelief. The freedom fighters are warning all Canadians that a civil war is in the making if they don’t get their way. If you want to fight, move to Syria or anywhere in the Middle East, they love fighting and killing their own.
Yep they claim they have no animosity towards the French. They like the French people. Amazing isn’t it? They want this country to separate and rid themselves of the French culture. Doesn’t that give you a warm fuzzy feeling, a feeling of belonging?
This all started as a local issue but the freedom fighters had bigger fish to fry. According to the original galganov pamphlet the objective was to eliminate French. Not complicated.
So now, they are trying to get the entire country involved because they do not have the support they were hoping to have. The lack of support was evident when the head cook and bottle washer ran for elections. Voters recognized the radical agenda and the effects it could have on the community and didn’t want anything to do with it. That folks has not changed.
We are a peaceful country. The majority want it to remain that way. We don’t need instigators ruining and destroying what this country stands for. We have the freedom to be and are the envy of the world. So get off your high horses and enjoy all that this great country has to offer. Live and let live.
If everyone would mind their own business what a wonderful world this would be.
@ GQO. What we fail to see is the tens of millions of Anglo Canadians that you claim are demanding the break up of Canada. It’s pretty hard to see what isn’t there, unless, of course, we ingest LSD or some such drug. Is that how you do it?
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Vacation time again dude. We warned you that you were on a short leash. Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
I’m sorry GQO’s comment had to be moderated. Is he/she telling me that I’m on a short leash? Interesting.
If GQO could site some recent, legitimate and scientific surveys that show that tens of millions of Anglo-Canadians want Quebec out of Confederation, I’d like to see them. The asinine huffing and puffing about the imminent revolution was a bit amusing for a while, but it’s getting a bit worn out. You’d think that between Kilroy and GQO, they could at least organize a few demonstrations before launching their all-out revolution that will change Canada forever.
BTW GQO, I’ve been retired for about six years, so my vacation time is pretty much unlimited.
Fight on!
ON October 20, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Stellabystarlight wrote,
“Yep they claim they have no animosity towards the French.”
C’mon now.
How could anyone have animosity towards people that treat HUMAN BEINGS (English Canadian citizens) like this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUkNVjM4Gc
Or like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G0SCotuwYI
And how could we have animosity for those who go around acting like, and saying things like this
http://youtu.be/DdwZOewd-hg?t=44s
OR like THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InMfQuYwZls
How could these actions produce animosity Stella? Go ahead, tell us all.
Stella wrote, “They want this country to separate and rid themselves of the French culture.”
Now, why would anyone want such a thing Stella?
I mean considering they do such wonderful (not) things like THIS…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4BSsT20WA
AND like THIS…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5EYxb9K6oM
AND THIS…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AIg11uJw94
Why would anyone want to get rid of such a wonderful culture?
Stella wrote, “This all started as a local issue “
No Stella. THAT’S WHERE YOU ARE — VERY — WRONG.
This started years ago when the French powers that be and those in power in the province of Quebec decided they were going on the attack against the English language and those Canadians that live there and has been building EVERY SINCE
Stella wrote, “Live and let live If everyone would mind their own business what a wonderful world this would be.”
Yes, imagine how wonderful it would have been if the French powers that be could have “let people be so they could live and let live without their restrictions on the English language?
Imagine how much of a wonderful world this would be without restrictive anti English laws like bill 22, 178 and 101?
Ahhh, if one the French powers that be hadn’t started all this cr@p.
GQO ,
Furtz has {MODERATED}
Stella,
Well that was quite the rant ,but GQO said it well ” None are so BLIND AS THOSE THAT FAIL TO SEE”
That pretty well sums it up on het ,but let me add this :ignorance is truly bliss for her.
Government stats are provided ,yet she refuses to look at them but yet continues to argue.
Nothing like religious zeal for language ,blind faith even when the proof is provided.
Yup her religion is language ,not even facts will deter her from her view of ETHNOCENTRISM.
@ Highlander. You’re calling me a sadist? That’s a little over the top, never mind out of line. So anyone who holds a different opinion from yours is a sadist? Well, all right for you! You are just a poo-head! 🙂
In all seriousness, Highlander… I take pleasure in the suffering of others? That’s quite the argument to prop up your opinion.
Fight on!
Ah yes. furtzie’s way is the only way. All others will burn for eternity in the fiery lake. We get it, furtz!.
Yup. We’ll all bow down and worship the imaginary god that rattles around in your twisted little mind. Every last one of us.
*s*
@ Furtz
Why don’t you get a pizza in Dorion & hide out in a shed for the week….
****Smile*****
Coming soon to Cornwall Community Hospital, just sayin….
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/10/20131020-134544.html
@ bella. I’m glad you agree.
@ concerned. That was my cousin Iris, and it was in Dorval.
Gotta go stomp on some kittens now.
Fight on!
Furtz stated:
I take pleasure in the suffering of others?
Yes I believe in your many statements this would indicate you do .
Funny that comment was moderated ,did you cry to our dear moderator ?
You mock,and criticize those many that have been discriminated against because they want fairness.
Can you not have empathy for others like Debbie Cameron who was clearly discriminated against ?
When your time in the hospital eventually comes would you prefer that individual that is taking care of you to be hired based on language or merit?
When hiring this artificial need of bilingualism is mandatory, all others, that 80% have no merit for the job no matter the education or skills because hiring is based on bilingualism.
Being that the FRENCH language is based on culture /ethnicity in this country would it be fair to say that a Government policy that indicated that only one ethnicity is to be hired ?
Would that not be considered discriminatory?
In most societies this would be considered discriminatory ….In Canada its considered an excepted practice ….perhaps that’s why other countries media’s have called it LANGUAGE APARTHEID!
Stella said:
“Yep they claim they have no animosity towards the French. They like the French people. Amazing isn’t it? They want this country to separate and rid themselves of the French culture. Doesn’t that give you a warm fuzzy feeling, a feeling of belonging?”
This is a government problem with policies that clearly discriminate against it’s population ,be it in NB, Quebec, Ontario or federally across the country .
There are a select number of francophone rights individuals that push for rights that far exceed that of the average individual in this country and they are partially to blame .
But it is the Government that produces policies and enacts them that denotes rights that exceed that of the average Canadian thereby creating a class system ,are not all Canadian’s equal ?
The Government has in effect given special status to one language group ,to correct the problem is not necessarily removal of French services but providing them by representation by population instead of this ambiguous “where numbers warrant “.
Does “where numbers warrant” justify our local Health unit to hire bilingual 100% for a population of 21% bilingual or 500 French only?
But this is just one example of a systemic issue !
Now is there anything biased or wrong with providing official language service according to representation by population as a just democracy would do?
Democracy is to serve all peoples equally without giving special status to one individual or groups!
@ Highlander. I agree that there are some unfair hiring practices in and around Ottawa and Cornwall. Nothing wrong with trying to rectify that situation. However, when people like Cory Cameron and others b!tch and whine whenever they see a French or bilingual sign, or are spoken to in French, it becomes laughable, in a sad sort of way.
Fight on!
Furtz Cory complained because the bilingual post office employee did respond to him in his language of choice of which he was speaking English to her.
Do you find it laughable as well when a French individuall complains of not being served in their language as well?
Cory is not notching about seeing French signs but the lack of English ones.
Furtz this unfair hiring policy is not just a local issue but accross the country.
Why hire near 100% bilingual at Banff national park?
The unfair hiring is through out Canada as Canadian Government offices are not just local.
So if an English person complains of not being serviced in their language of choice its laughable,yet a French person is not its a tragety?
Poor Cory. Life in Canada is hard. And that Franco-Ontario flag near Casselman is more than anybody should have to tolerate. It’s all just so unfair!
Fight on!
See furtz, in one swipe of the keyboard you champion a grieving mother and ask for common courtesy to stand, or try to educate Jules in the ways of sanity, and yet in the next swipe you belittle folks who have a different opinion and you treat them like idiots, what’s your deal? Are you a dick by choice or is like Tourette’s or something?
Now now Furtz, If you are going to continue getting on Cory for his legitimate musings then i will just have to ask you yet again. What do you think of how this nice polite lady was treated by a public employee in her own country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUkNVjM4Gc
And what about the vet who fought in a war for this country and for the French to have that province of there in the QUEBEC being told to “speak English because he is in Quebec?”
C’mon Furtzie. Tell us all how this makes you feel…
Or perhaps, tell us what are your thoughts on this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JaKTF5Eu3g
Or how about your feelings regarding this young fella tellin all us Canadian tax payers that this country belongs to the French and Quebec ?
What do you think of that Furtzie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDNKcLea8Cw
@Furtz….it is more then unfair, it is terrible. It’s a slap in the face to any Canadian. The flag should be taken down. We must rally and protest until the flag is removed.
As for the post office woman she should be serving time or doing community work. To speak French to someone who is bilingual should be a crime against humanity. It should not matter that many in that town speak French, people must learn that some of these English people are very sensitive and hurt easily.
They are the majority and they should rule……that simple.
So please, when meeting a stranger, ask if they are English before you actually start a conversation with them. If they are French, for your own safety, RUN the other way.
There’s something pathetic about a grown man who claims to be bilingual blubbering and whining whenever he is spoken to in French or sees a French sign or symbol. Seriously folks, this has nothing to do with unfair hiring practices at CCH or anywhere else. It’s just blubbering and whining out of habit. And he complains because his MP and MPP ignore him, and the local papers won’t publish his letters. Boo-hoo!!! I’m gonna go eat worms and hold my breath until I get what I want! Sad, really.
Furtz if you’re going to eat worms can we shoot it on video? People love that kinda circus stuff….
Since we are on the topic of flags…
What about this flag Furtz… What’s wrong with this flag?
After all, they only wanted to fly it FOR ONE DAY and in ONE PLACE within a province that is approx. 70% Anglo and 30 % bilingual / French
Unlike the French who have their huge Franco flags flying in just about every corner of Ontario ALL YEAR ROUND
Oh wait that’s right. The rules ONLY apply to others and not the French.
IE: No bilingualism in Quebec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWwejJg5jhQ
but a must everywhere else and
No Anglo flags can fly anywhere at any time but HUGE Franco flags and monuments can be put up all
along the 416 and can fly 365 days a year.
Oh and NO “ENGLISH ONLY” anything in Quebec but the French can have French ONLY hospitals and health care clinics IN ONTARIO.
Who are really the whiners ? Maybe all that whining they have done about — more French here — and more French there — and French on packaging — and French on stamps etc etc is what got them where they are now and the rest of us are fed up of it because it only seems to grow and grow and grow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0VurIwXuM
You know, MORE AND MORE AND MORE…
http://youtu.be/3kNcFyBofC4?t=17s
Give em an inch …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyifj557p8